Again he rose, and modest knocked.
Asked God: "Who now is at the door?"
"It is thyself, beloved Lord,"
Answered the saint, in doubt no more,
But clasped and rapt in his reward.
—From the Persian, tr. by William Rounseville Alger.
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OPEN THOU OUR EYES
(Luke 24. 15)
And he drew near and talked with them,